Freeminer Brewery - Revision history

SteveP at 13:47, 22 November 2025

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	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

	~~Brewing commenced~~ 2001 ~~following move from Sling~~. The brewery was taken over in September 2006.		Moved to Cinderford at the start of 2001 with a 40 barrel brewplant, previously used at Hull Brewery. The brewery was taken over in September 2006.

	Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.		Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.
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	File:Freeminers RD zc.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison		File:Freeminers RD zc.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison
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	'''From the Paul Gunnell Archive'''		'''From the Paul Gunnell Archive'''

Bhadmin at 12:33, 23 October 2021

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			'''From the Paul Gunnell Archive'''
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			File:Cinderford Freeminer 2008.jpg
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	[[category:Gloucestershire]]		[[category:Gloucestershire]]

SteveP at 15:28, 21 April 2021

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	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

	Brewing commenced in 1992 ~~but~~ ceased in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.		Brewing commenced in 1992. In 1993, they opened their first tied house, the Miners Arms in Sling.

			''The Freeminer Brewery at Sling lies within the Forest of Dean and has a tremendous following for its beers and its owner. Don Burgess went to great lengths to resurrect the traditional brewing skills - once so much part of the area. Don makes no compromises over ingredients, nor does he take short cuts in the process of creating pure natural beers. An example of this is in the production of his Speculation Ale for which he uses floor malted English barley, whole hop flowers, bore-hole water and top-fermenting ale yeast. The result is a hoppy, well balanced, rich chestnut ale that is surprisingly bitter and most definitely out of the ordinary.''

			Brewing ceased at Sling in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.


	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

	Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling.		Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling. The brewery was taken over in September 2006.

	~~T.he brewery~~ was ~~taken over~~ in ~~September 2006~~.		Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.

	~~Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.~~

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	File:Freeminer RD zv.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison		File:Freeminer RD zv.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison
	File:Freeminer RD zx.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison		File:Freeminer RD zx.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison
	File:Freeminers RD zc.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison		File:Freeminers RD zc.jpg\|Courtesy Roy Denison
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	The Freeminer Brewery at Sling lies within the Forest of Dean and has a tremendous following for its beers and its owner. Don Burgess went to great lengths to resurrect the traditional brewing skills - once so much part of the area.

	Don makes no compromises over ingredients, nor does he take short cuts in the process of creating pure natural beers. An example of this is in the production of his Speculation Ale for which he uses floor malted English barley, whole hop flowers, bore-hole water and top-fermenting ale yeast. The result is a hoppy, well balanced, rich chestnut ale that is surprisingly bitter and most definitely out of the ordinary.

	[[category:Gloucestershire]]		[[category:Gloucestershire]]

Bhadmin at 19:38, 28 April 2020

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	Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.		Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.

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			File:Freeminer RD zv.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison
			File:Freeminer RD zx.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison
			File:Freeminers RD zc.jpg \|Courtesy Roy Denison
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Bhadmin at 11:35, 21 April 2020

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	Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling.		Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling.

	Brewing ~~ceased~~ in 2016 ~~on retirement of the owner~~.		T.he brewery was taken over in September 2006.

			Brewing was suspended in the Summer of 2016.

Bhadmin at 11:56, 16 June 2019

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	Brewing ceased in 2016 on retirement of the owner.		Brewing ceased in 2016 on retirement of the owner.


			The Freeminer Brewery at Sling lies within the Forest of Dean and has a tremendous following for its beers and its owner. Don Burgess went to great lengths to resurrect the traditional brewing skills - once so much part of the area.

			Don makes no compromises over ingredients, nor does he take short cuts in the process of creating pure natural beers. An example of this is in the production of his Speculation Ale for which he uses floor malted English barley, whole hop flowers, bore-hole water and top-fermenting ale yeast. The result is a hoppy, well balanced, rich chestnut ale that is surprisingly bitter and most definitely out of the ordinary.

	[[category:Gloucestershire]]		[[category:Gloucestershire]]

SteveP at 12:27, 18 March 2019

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	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

	Brewing commenced in 1992 but ceased in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.		Brewing commenced in 1992 but ceased in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.



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	Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling.		Brewing commenced 2001 following move from Sling.

	Brewing ceased in 2016.		Brewing ceased in 2016 on retirement of the owner.


	[[category:Gloucestershire]]		[[category:Gloucestershire]]

Bhadmin at 21:06, 17 March 2019

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	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', ''The Laurels, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

Bhadmin at 12:17, 7 December 2018

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	Brewing commenced in 1992 but ceased in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.		Brewing commenced in 1992 but ceased in 2001 when the brewery moved to Cinderford.



	<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>		<big>'''Freeminer Brewery Ltd''', '' Whimsey Industrial Estate, Steam Mills, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.''</big>

SteveP at 18:01, 27 November 2018

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	Brewing ceased in 2016.		Brewing ceased in 2016.
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	[[category:Gloucestershire]]		[[category:Gloucestershire]]